A timber shortage in France has forced prices up as architects struggle to comply with a new environmental law that requires public buildings to be 50 per cent wood. More about French architects face wood shortage with "prices going up every week"
This one-minute video shows how artist Yusuke Shigeta has updated a traditional Japanese art form using digital modelling techniques. More about Yusuke Shigeta reinvents traditional Japanese folding screen with digital animation
Dezeen promotion: material manufacturer 3form has unveiled Horizon, a collection of partition panels to create zoning and privacy while still allowing light through. More about 3form launches translucent textile-based panels by Christian Darby
In an exclusive interview, designer Ini Archibong says he is glad that people are waking up to issues of racial inequality and hopes that his London Design Biennale pavilion will provide a platform for conversation. More about Ini Archibong creates Pavilion of the African Diaspora "for the black voices leading us into the future"
This video shows a swimmer in a transparent swimming pool made entirely from acrylic panels that was recently built between two buildings in London. More about Watch a swimmer in London's fully transparent Sky Pool
There are now just three days left to enter Dezeen Awards 2021, we asked 2021 judge Francesca Muzio what she's expecting from this year's entries. More about "I look forward to seeing designs that reconsider the importance of the domestic" reveals Dezeen Awards 2021 judge Francesca Muzio
The haughty dismissals of this year's Venice Architecture Biennale by western critics overlook the welcome involvement of African architects, argue Kabage Karanja and Stella Mutegi. More about "We should allow an African curator to turn the whole thing on its head"
Dezeen Showroom: Barcelona design studio Altherr Désile Park has created a lounge chair for Arper that is made of solid wood and takes inspiration from traditional woven straw chairs. More about Kata chair by Altherr Désile Park for Arper
Twenty graphic designers have reinterpreted moments from UEFA European Championship football history on a set of beer mats, with proceeds going to grassroots football charities. More about Iconic moments from the Euros celebrated on beer mats by David Shrigley, Pentagram and more
Midcentury designer Verner Panton's curving modular sofa system is among 13 new products featured on Dezeen Showroom this week. More about Outdoor spring collection for Verpan among new products on Dezeen Showroom
Bookshelves made from perforated aluminium and quartz stone double as partition walls in this maze-like Shanghai bookstore by local architecture studio Wutopia Lab. More about Wutopia Lab's latest bookstore in Shanghai borrows from traditional Chinese garden design
US firms Miller Hull Partnership and Lord Aeck Sargent have designed a highly sustainable building at Georgia Tech university that generates more electricity and recycles more water than it uses. More about Giant photovoltaic canopy tops net-positive Kendeda Building in Atlanta
Green onyx lines the floors and walls of this fashion boutique in Rome by creative duo Giada Forte and Robert Vattilana. More about Fashion brand Forte Forte "drowns" its Rome store in green onyx
For our latest lookbook, we've found ten projects in the Dezeen archive where kitchens and dining rooms have been combined into one practical and sociable space. More about Ten beautiful and practical combined kitchen dining rooms
A stone courting bench and a giant teacup are among nine imaginative seating designs that architects and designers have created for the London Festival of Architecture. More about Emerging designers brighten London's streets with playful City Benches
Canadian studio F2A Architecture has completed Malinka Gallery – an extension to a private home on a rocky ledge that was designed by the firm's founder years ago. More about F2A Architecture creates mirrored addition for house in British Columbia
Architects Valeria Presicci and Carlo Pantanella D'Ettorre have completed a house in Orbetello, Italy, featuring a simple stone exterior and pared-back interiors. More about Presicci + Pantanella D'Ettorre Architetti creates minimalist Tuscan farmhouse
This lookbook highlights ten examples of peninsula kitchens, which have the functionality of kitchen islands but are a more space-saving solution. More about Ten space-saving peninsula kitchens designed by architects
This week on Dezeen, Es Devlin created the Forest for Change at the London Design Biennale and Superflux installed fire-blackened pine trees at the Vienna Biennale for Change 2021. More about This week temporary forests were installed in London and Vienna
Spanish design agency Masquespacio has created the interiors of Italian fast food chain Bun's Turin branch that combines blocks of pink and green with a blue seating area designed to look like a swimming pool. More about Masquespacio designs colour-blocked burger joint in Turin